Pakistan to extend box scanning

Following its success at Port Qasim, US Customs officials are talking with the government of Pakistan to extent a pilot project for 100% screening of US-bound containers to the nearby Port of Karachi.

Pakistani officials are happy with the Qasim results and want to test Karachi, according to Rich DiNucci, director of the Secure Freight Initiative project of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency....

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This complete item is approximately 400 words in length, and appeared in the September 2008 issue of WorldCargo News, on page 17.

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